Mount Benson

8.5% of Mount Benson's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

38 family households lived in Mount Benson; 31.6% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

31.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Mount Benson had 130 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Benson.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

61.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

20.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Mount Benson had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 20.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 55.8%, while 9.3% had four or more usual residents.

25.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

62.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 11.6% of the total.

76.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

77.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.6% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

8.5% of Mount Benson's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.9% of ancestry responses in Mount Benson.

Australian ancestry made up 44.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 40.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.2%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

44.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

52.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

17.7% reported asthma, 14.6% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.7%.

Median household income was $1,416 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,060.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 25.7% in Mount Benson, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 61.4% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 18.2% in Mount Benson, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.